The minimum annual rent for using public property in 2019 will be calculated taking into account the basic tariff, location coefficient, branch coefficient and market coefficient that will be all multiplied by the rented area. The formula was specified in the 2019 draft state budget, IPN reports.

The basic tariff for a square meter of rented space in the municipality of Chisinau will be 353 lei, as opposed to 336.5 lei in 2018, while in the municipality of Balti 250.3 lei, in contrast to 238.6 lei. In the other municipalities and towns, the tariff will be 182 lei, as against 173.5 lei, in towns and localities that form part of municipalities 136.6 lei, compared with 130.2 lei, while in villages 45.6 lei, in contrast to 43.5 lei this year.

The location coefficient takes into account the place where the rented space is situated - in a separate building or in an annex, on the ground floor or in the basement. The branch coefficient depends on the purpose for which the space is rented: opening of a grocery store, drugstore, workshop, etc. The market coefficient varies between 0.5 and 1.

The state budget-funded authorities/institutions and creation units will not pay rental for space rented from other state budget-funded authorities/institutions and state-owned enterprises whose founder is a hierarchically superior authority, but will not be able to sublease.